Sosa匝瑳市
Sosa-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Sosa (匝瑳市, Sosa-shi) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Population 35,040 (2020 census), area 101.52 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 匝瑳市
- Reading
- Sosa-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Chiba 千葉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 35,040 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -6.0% from 37,261
- Area
- 101.52 km²
- Density
- 345 people per km²
- Households
- 12,883
- Under 15
- 9.9%
- 65 and over
- 35.9%
- Foreign residents
- 407 (1.2%)
- Code
- 12235 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.sosa.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Sosa. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Sosa
- Is Sosa a city or a prefecture?
- Sosa (匝瑳市) is a city (市, shi) in Chiba Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Sosa?
- Sosa is in Chiba Prefecture (千葉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Sosa?
- 35,040 at the 2020 census, down 6.0% from 37,261 in 2015. The area is 101.52 km², which is 345 people per km². 12,883 households. 35.9% of residents are 65 or older and 9.9% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Sosa?
- Four: Asahi City (旭市), Katori City (香取市), Tako Town (多古町), and Yokoshibahikari Town (横芝光町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Sosa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Sosa written in Japanese?
- 匝瑳市, read Sosa-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Sosa begin?
- 千葉県匝瑳市… (Chiba-ken, Sosa-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.